The office of Fair Trading is promoting Scam Awareness Month with the support of Lewisham Council.
The three themes of Scam Awareness Month are; ‘Scamnesty’, holiday clubs and ticket scams. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness about the many different types of scams around, so that people don’t get taken for a ride.
Lewisham Council will have an information stand … [Read more...]

Police.uk is a new website launched today to provide information about crime and policing in any given area. The data is currently limited to crime in December 2010.
I thought I'd give it a go this morning so here's the map for SE6.
The crime map for SE6 shows that in December2010 there were 768 incidents of crime, broken down as follows:
Burglrary - … [Read more...]

Lewisham Council is advising residents to be on their guard after reports of a council tax scam targeting residents across the capital.
It is believed the scammers contact people to tell them they can receive a financial reward as a thank you for paying their Council Tax by direct debit.
The calls and emails claim to be from the ‘Council Tax Head Office in London’, and … [Read more...]

Lewisham residents are being warned about a prepayment energy meter fraud that’s hit London.
Data from the leading energy companies – British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, npower, Scottish Power and SSE – shows that the fraud, organised by criminal gangs, is hitting customers across the city, with reports that over 4,500 households in Lewisham have already fallen victim to the … [Read more...]